Authors

• Karim Soleimani ¹
• Massoumeh Nayerabadi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Departmant of History, Shahid Beheshti University

² MA in History of Islamic Iran, Shahid Beheshti University

Abstract

Demarcation disputes, unrest and insecurity along the borders, The question of the Helmand River and the problem of migration between border cities of two contries in the era of Reza Shah (1925-1941) are the main issues in this article. Afghanistan as one of Iran's neighbors played an important role in Iran's foreign relations. Therefore, this study tries to discuss about concerns, boundary challenges and measures used by two countries. Using historical research and comparative study of unpublished archival documents of Department of State of Iran with the National Archives, our findings show  that despite the commonalities and sincerity in relations between the two countries, there were some issues with deep historical divisions.  Although important steps were taken at various times to fix it, yet the issues appeared again and, remained unresolved.

Keywords

• Reza Shah Pahlavi
• border disputes
• Afghanistan
• foreign relations
• Helmand River
• the Hazara ethnic group